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Microchip launches PIC32 board for GUI Development w/o external graphics controller

八月 17, 2011
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Microchip launches PIC32 board for GUI Development w/o external graphics controller

Toni McConnel  8/9/2011 2:25 PM EDT

http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-products/boards-buses-products/4218640/Microchip-launches-PIC32-board-for-GUI-Development-w-o-external-graphics-controller?cid=NL_MCU&Ecosystem=microcontroller-mcu

Microchip Technology Inc.’s new AC164144 PIC32 board is a low-cost, controllerless, graphics PICtail Plus daughter board that enables the development of graphics applications without an external graphics controller. Microchip Technology Inc.’s new AC164144 PIC32 board is a low-cost, controllerless, graphics PICtail Plus daughter board that enables the development of graphics applications without an external graphics controller.
The 32-bit PIC32 microcontroller (MCU)-powered AC164144 enables developers to directly drive 256 (8-bit-per-pixel)-color graphical user interfaces utilizing the PIC32 MCU’s on-chip memory, Direct Memory Access controller, and Parallel Master Port. This eliminates the need for an external graphics controller and lowers the Bill of Materials cost.

The board enables developers to “jumper” in the onboard 256 KB of SRAM to support 65K (16-bit-per-pixel)-color WQVGA interfaces.
The new daughter board can be used with an Explorer 16 Development Board or PIC32 Starter Kit such as the PIC32 USB Starter Kit 2, and can be hooked up to any of the LCD panels available from Microchip, including the Truly 3.2” QVGA and Powertip 4.3” WQVGA display panels.

It is supported by Microchip’s free Graphics Library and makes it easy to incorporate graphical user interfaces onto designs in the industrial, home appliance, consumer, and automotive markets.

Pricing & Availability
The LCC Graphics PICtail Plus Daughter Board (part # AC164144) is available today for $89.99.

The board can be purchased at microchipDIRECT.

For further information, visitwww.microchip.com/get/VE97.
Toni McConnel can be reached at Toni@TechRite-Associates.com.

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32-bit PIC® Microcontrollers

七月 20, 2011
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32-bit PIC® Microcontrollers

 

http://www.microchip.com/en_US/family/32bit/

 

Overview

Microchip’s 32-bit portfolio with the MIPS® M4K® offers high performance microcontrollers, and all the tools needed to develop your embedded project. With free software, low cost development tools, and pin/peripheral compatibility from 16-bit product lines, PIC32 MCUs shorten time to market and allow your designs to grow. PIC32 gives your application the processing power, memory and peripherals your design needs!

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First MIPS-Based(TM) Smartphones and Tablets Debut

一月 6, 2011
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MIPS Technologies, Inc.

First MIPS-Based(TM) Smartphones and Tablets Debut

http://www.globenewswire.com//newsroom/news.html?ref=rss&d=210201

MIPS Technologies to Showcase Mobile Devices at International CES

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 4, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — INTERNATIONAL CES —

MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital consumer, home networking, wireless, communications and business applications, announced today that it will show MIPS-Based™ mobile devices in its suite at International CES this week. The company will show two MIPS-Based smartphones and several MIPS-Based tablets. Devices are based on systems-on-chips (SoCs) from MIPS licensees including Actions Semiconductor and Ingenic Semiconductor.

The MIPS-Based tablets featuring the Ingenic SoCs are available now.

Velocity Micro offers the Cruz Tablets, which can be purchased through major retailers including Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart.com, Borders and many others.

More information on these products is available at www.cruzreader.com.

The two smartphones are in pre-production now. Further details will be disclosed in the coming weeks.

To schedule a demonstration of MIPS-Based mobile devices, contact info@mips.com.

"Less than a year ago, MIPS announced its intention to enter the mobile market, leveraging a confluence of industry dynamics and technologies including the Android™ platform and the move to 4G networks. We have signed more than eight mobile-related customers to-date for applications processing, media processing, baseband processing and other technologies in e-readers, tablets, netbooks and mobile handsets. The fact that we can now show these devices—including MIPS-Based smartphones—is a solid endorsement of our strategy," said Sandeep Vij, president and CEO, MIPS Technologies.

For mobile devices, MIPS Technologies offers a range of processor cores and architectures, from small footprint cores with advanced levels of code compression, to some of the industry’s highest performing multiprocessing solutions. MIPS processors offer high performance, low power consumption and cost efficiency supported by a rapidly expanding mobile ecosystem.

About MIPS Technologies, Inc.

MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:MIPS) is a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores that power some of the world’s most popular products for the home entertainment, communications, networking and portable multimedia markets.

These include broadband devices from Linksys, DTVs and digital consumer devices from Sony, DVD recordable devices from Pioneer, digital set-top boxes from Motorola, network routers from Cisco, 32-bit microcontrollers from Microchip Technology and laser printers from Hewlett-Packard.

Founded in 1998, MIPS Technologies is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices worldwide.

For more information, contact (408) 530-5000 or visit www.mips.com.

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CONTACT: MIPS Technologies, Inc.
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